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In 1955, [[Lacan]] begins to use [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s -- in an attempt to [[formalize]] [[psychoanalysis]].
''Three main reasons lie behind this attempt at [[formalization]]. :1. [[Formalization|Click here]] is necessary for [[psychoanalysis]] to acquire [[scientific]] status. :Just as [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] uses quasi-mathematical formulae in an attempt to set [[anthropology]] on a more [[scientific]] footing, [[Lacan]] attempts to read about do the same for [[psychoanalysis]] :[[Lacan]] used quasi-mathematical formulae in an attempt to set [[psychoanalysis]] on a more [[scientific]] footing. :2. [[Formalization]] can provide a core of [[psychoanalytic theory]] which can be transmitted integrally even to those who have never experienced [[psychoanalytic treatment]]. :The [[matheme|formulae]] thus become an essential aspect of the [[training]] of [[psychoanalysis]] which take their place alongside [[training|training analysis]] as a medium for the transmission of [[psychoanalytic]] [[knowledge]]. :3. [[Formalization ]] of [[psychoanalytic theory]] in terms of [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] is a means of Psychoanalysispreventing [[knowledge|intuitive understanding]], which [[Lacan]]''regards as an [[imaginary]] [[lure]] which hinders access to the [[symbolic]]. :Rather than being understood in an intuitive way, the [[algebraic]] [[symbols]] are to be used, manipulated and read in various different ways.<ref>{{E}} p.313</ref>
==List of Algebraic Symbols==
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